Psalm 67

Theme

Make Your Face Shine Upon Us

Outline

1-2, A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom; 3-5, to the joy of the people; 6-7, and the increase of God's blessings.

Key Verse

(67:1-2) God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

Notes

Psalm 67 has a notable repetition of 67:3 in 67:5 (MT 67:4 and 67:6), and this refrain keys us to the psalm’s matching chiastic structure: (67:1), Blessing (67:2), Salvation (67:3), Praise (67:4), Gladness (67:5), Praise (67:6), Fruitbearing (67:7), Blessing

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